Table 5. Test-retest reliability of nine sub-scales and sixty questions

Sub-scale Question number Weighted kappa (Question) Spearman correlation (Sub-scale)
Neutral 1 0.58 0.78
2 0.48
7 0.44
8 0.47
22 0.57
23 0.65
53 0.49
54 0.62
Qi-deficiency 2 0.48 0.73
3 0.60
4 0.43
5 0.46
6 0.46
7 0.44
27 0.46
Yang-deficiency 18 0.55 0.90
19 0.62
20 0.55
22 0.57
23 0.65
52 0.55
55 0.49
58 0.43
Yin-deficiency 17 0.54 0.73
21 0.50
29 0. 40
35 0.48
36 0.65
38 0.50
44 0.50
46 0.44
Phlegm-dampness 14 0.6 0.81
16 0.43
28 0.45
42 0.50
47 0.52
49 0.68
50 0.46
51 0.63
Dampness-heat 39 0.56 0.63
41 0.55
46 0.44
48 0.55
49 0.68
56 0.49
57 0.60
59 0.58
60 0.57
Blood-stasis 33 0.57 0.67
35 0.48
36 0.65
37 0.46
40 0.44
43 0.66
44 0.50
45 0.51
Qi-depression 9 0.49 0.76
10 0.50
11 0.52
12 0.56
13 0.57
15 0.40
47 0.52
Inherited -special 24 0.58 0.89
25 0.56
26 0.50
30 0.61
31 0.60
32 0.52
34 0.50